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FEATURED ARTICLES *** The Protection Project - Argentina [DOC] The Paul H. Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/argentina.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Along the border between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, young prostituted children and adolescents can be seen on the streets of towns such as Puerto Iguazu (Argentina), Foz do Iguazu (Brazil), and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), and Puerto Iguazu (Argentina). In the region, close to 3,500 children below18 years of age are estimated to be victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Report on the Worst Forms of Child Labour
Compiled by the Global March Against Child Labour [PDF] The Global March Against Child Labour
Resource Centre, 20 September 2004 beta.globalmarch.org/resourcecentre/world/argentina.pdf [accessed 11 September 2012] CHILD PROSTITUTION - The number of prostituted children is reported to be increasing at an alarming rate and their average age is decreasing. Argentina has a well-documented child sex trade related to the thriving sex-tourism sector. Argentina is one of the favored destinations of pedophile sex tourists from Europe and the United States. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor U.S. Dept of Labor Bureau of International
Labor Affairs, 2005 www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/argentina.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] INCIDENCE AND NATURE
OF CHILD LABOR
- Children in Argentina are involved in prostitution and sex tourism, and
there are isolated reports of their involvement in pornography and drug
trafficking. Children are trafficked to Argentina from Bolivia, Brazil, and
Paraguay for sexual exploitation and labor. Argentine children are
trafficked from rural to urban areas of the country and there is some
trafficking of children abroad, mainly into prostitution in Brazil and Paraguay. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor, March 8, 2006 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61713.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] SECTION
6 WORKER RIGHTS
– [d] CONAETI worked with unions and other groups to train rural child labor
monitors, and with provincial authorities in the tri-border area with Brazil
and Paraguay to address child sexual exploitation. In 2004 congress
acknowledged that the country lacked sufficient inspectors and programs to
detect child labor or to rescue exploited children. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
April 10, 2002 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/3567bf5c062c819e41256c5d0043aa0b?OpenDocument [accessed 19 January 2011] [60] The Committee is
concerned that the phenomenon of child prostitution, especially in big
cities, is increasing. It further notes that, although a National Plan of
Action to Combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children was adopted in
2000, coordinated policies and programs on this issue have yet to be
formulated. Five Years After Stockholm [PDF] ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] ECPAT International, November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13 September 2011] [B] COUNTRY UPDATES
– ARGENTINA
– Argentina has developed a national plan of action against CSEC calling for
six main areas of action: awareness raising and prevention; information and
training; improving coordination through the strengthening of networks;
strengthening the ability of children and adolescents to recognize situations
where they are at risk of commercial sexual exploitation; legislation and
legal procedures; and research. Within each area of action, there are
specific objectives and activities. Report by Special
Rapporteur [DOC] U.N. Economic and Social Council,
Commission on Human Rights, Fifty ninth session, 6 January 2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 29 March 2011] [27] Sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography are criminalized under a
number of pieces of legislation that give effect to relevant international
obligations. The National Counsel for Children, Adolescents and
the Family implements a number of programs to assist children, including
programs aimed at the prevention of domestic violence, maltreatment and
sexual abuse of children; for the rehabilitation of victims; for the
provision of legal assistance to child victims and to those in conflict with
the law; to assist children to return home or to return to school, and
programs to assist parents to learn about their responsibilities. Report On The
Worst Forms Of Child Labour - 2005 The Global March Against Child Labour, 2005 beta.globalmarch.org/worstformsreport/world/argentina.html [accessed 11 September 2012] MEET A CHILD - Fernanda
Aguirre, age 13, was kidnapped into forced prostitution in Argentina, in July
2004 in San Benito, a town in the Northeastern province of Entre Rios.
Fernanda's mother has come across evidence that her daughter fell into the
hands of a prostitution ring. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of $600.
Although the ransom was paid, Fernanda never reappeared. CHILD PROSTITUTION - Child and
adolescent victims (of varying ages) of commercial sexual exploitation have
been found within overt spaces for commercial sex: streets, service stations,
plazas, and parks. Victims of CSEC
have also been found within covert spaces for commercial sex such as: saunas,
brothels, whiskey bars, massage parlours, etc, within each of the cities studied by UNICEF. Child Prostitution in Argentina La Nación, May
13, 2001 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] Research undertaken
for UNICEF Argentina has revealed an increase in the extent of child and
adolescent prostitution in the country. While quantitative data remains
elusive, the research concludes that the presence of young persons in the
prostitution ‘circuit’ is not insignificant or merely isolated cases. Child
Prostitution Shadow Villanueva, Founder, Darkness
Against Child Abuse DACA www.magickalshadow.com/daca/chlidprostitution.html [accessed 29 March 2011] The Ashgate report also says Argentina has a well-documented
child sex trade related with the thriving sex-tourism sector. The CATW fact
book says Argentina is one of the favored destinations of pedophile sex
tourists from Europe and the United States. Regional Governmental Congress on Sexual
Exploitation of Children [PDF] María Orsenigo,
National Council of Childhood, Adolescence and Family www.iin.oas.org/Congreso%20Explotation%20Sexual/ARGENTINA_ing.PDF [accessed 19 November 2016] All
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